Posted on 02/13/2003 12:06:09 PM PST by new cruelty
French online cheese boutique, Fromage.com, is receiving a raft of e-mails from irate US customers who may like the cheese, but take offence at Frances position on Iraq, in what seems to be the start of an unofficial boycott of French goods, according to a report from Reuters.
While American lawmakers are drafting legislation to impose sanctions on French water and wine because of the countrys demand that a case for war against Iraq has yet to be made, and her hawkish columnists are calling France a nation of cheese-eating surrender-monkeys, Main Street, USA has stopped ordering French cheese online.
Orders for Fromage.com have declined considerably, says the report, but Marc Refabert, the owner of the internet fromagerie, is not moved. "You've got to be adult. I don't think it's a very well thought-through reaction," said Refabert.
He expects the Americans will climb down in a few months, saying that French cheese just tastes too good.
1. Abbaye de Belloc
2. Abbaye du Mont des Cats
3. Abondance
4. Affidelice au Chablis
5. Aisy Cendre
6. Ambert
7. Ami du Chambertin
8. Anneau du Vic-Bilh
9. Ardi Gasna
10. Aromes au Gene de Marc
11. Aubisque Pyrenees
12. Autun
13. Babybel
14. Baguette Laonnaise
15. Banon
16. Beaufort
17. Bleu d'Auvergne
18. Bleu de Gex
19. Bleu de Laqueuille
20. Bleu de Septmoncel
21. Bleu Des Causses
22. Bougon
23. Boule Du Roves
24. Boulette d'Avesnes
25. Boursault
26. Boursin
27. Bouyssou
28. Brebis du Lavort
29. Brebis du Lochois
30. Brebis du Puyfaucon
31. Bresse Bleu
32. Brie
33. Brie de Meaux
34. Brie de Melun
35. Brillat-Savarin
36. Brin
37. Brin d' Amour
38. Briquette de Brebis
39. Briquette du Forez
40. Broccio
41. Broccio Demi-Affine
42. Brousse du Rove
43. Buchette d'Anjou
44. Butte
45. Cabecou
46. Cachaille
47. Calenzana
48. Camembert de Normandie
49. Cantal
50. Caprice des Dieux
51. Carre de l'Est
52. Cathelain
53. Cendre d'Olivet
54. Chabichou
55. Chabichou du Poitou
56. Chabis de Gatine
57. Chaource
58. Charolais
59. Chaumes
60. Chevres
61. Chevrotin des Aravis
62. Civray
63. Coeur de Camembert au Calvados
64. Coeur de Chevre
65. Comte
66. Coulommiers
67. Crayeux de Roncq
68. Crottin de Chavignol
69. Crottin du Chavignol
70. Cure Nantais
71. Dauphin
72. Delice des Fiouves
73. Dreux a la Feuille
74. Emental Grand Cru
75. Epoisses de Bourgogne
76. Esbareich
77. Etorki
78. Explorateur
79. Figue
80. Filetta
81. Fin-de-Siecle
82. Fleur du Maquis
83. Fondant de Brebis
84. Fontainebleau
85. Fougerus
86. Fourme d' Ambert
87. Fourme de Haute Loire
88. Fourme de Montbrison
89. Frinault
90. Fromage a Raclette
91. Fromage Corse
92. Fromage de Montagne de Savoie
93. Fromage Frais
94. Galette du Paludier
95. Galette Lyonnaise
96. Gaperon a l'Ail
97. Gastanberra
98. Goutu
99. Grand Vatel
100. Grataron d' Areches
101. Gratte-Paille
102. Greuilh
103. Gris de Lille
104. Guerbigny
105. Ile d'Yeu
106. L'Aveyronnais
107. L'Ecir de l'Aubrac
108. La Taupiniere
109. La Vache Qui Rit
110. Laguiole
111. Langres
112. Laruns
113. Le Brin
114. Le Fium Orbo
115. Le Lacandou
116. Le Roule
117. Lingot Saint Bousquet d'Orb
118. Livarot
119. Lou Palou
120. Lou Pevre
121. Lyonnais
122. Macconais
123. Mamirolle
124. Margotin
125. Maroilles
126. Mascares
127. Matocq
128. Metton (Cancoillotte)
129. Mimolette
130. Mixte
131. Mont D'or Lyonnais
132. Morbier
133. Morbier Cru de Montagne
134. Mothais a la Feuille
135. Munster
136. Murol
137. Nantais
138. Neufchatel
139. Niolo
140. Olivet au Foin
141. Olivet Bleu
142. Olivet Cendre
143. Ossau Fermier
144. Ossau-Iraty
145. P'tit Berrichon
146. Palet de Babligny
147. Pas de l'Escalette
148. Pate de Fromage
149. Patefine Fort
150. Pave d'Affinois
151. Pave d'Auge
152. Pave de Chirac
153. Pave du Berry
154. Pelardon des Cevennes
155. Pelardon des Corbieres
156. Perail de Brebis
157. Petit Morin
158. Petit Pardou
159. Petit-Suisse
160. Picodon de Chevre
161. Pithtviers au Foin
162. Poivre d'Ane
163. Pont l'Eveque
164. Port-Salut
165. Pouligny-Saint-Pierre
166. Pourly
167. Pyramide
168. Quatre-Vents
169. Quercy Petit
170. Raclette
171. Reblochon
172. Regal de la Dombes
173. Rigotte
174. Rocamadour
175. Rollot
176. Romans Part Dieu
177. Roquefort
178. Roule
179. Rouleau De Beaulieu
180. Rustinu
181. Sainte Maure
182. Saint-Marcellin
183. Saint-Nectaire
184. Saint-Paulin
185. Salers
186. Sancerre
187. Selles sur Cher
188. Soumaintrain
189. Sourire Lozerien
190. St. Agur Blue Cheese
191. Tamie
192. Taupiniere
193. Tomme Brulee
194. Tomme d'Abondance
195. Tomme de Romans
196. Tomme de Savoie
197. Tomme des Chouans
198. Tommes
199. Touree de L'Aubier
200. Tourmalet
201. Trappe (Veritable)
202. Trois Cornes De Vendee
203. Trou du Cru
204. Truffe
205. Valencay
206. Venaco
207. Vendomois
208. Vieux Corse
209. Vignotte
Hundred Years War - Mostly lost, saved at last by female schizophrenic who inadvertently creates The First Rule of French Warfare: "France's armies are victorious only when not led by a Frenchman."
American Revolution - In a move that will become quite familiar to future Americans, France claims a win even though the English colonists saw far more action. This is later known as "de Gaulle Syndrome", and leads to the Second Rule of French Warfare: "France only wins when America does most of the fighting."
French Revolution - Won, primarily due the fact that the opponent was also French.
The Napoleonic Wars - Lost. Temporary victories (remember the First Rule!) due to leadership of a Corsican, who ended up being no match for a British footwear designer.
The Franco-Prussian War - Lost. Germany first plays the role of drunk Frat boy to France's ugly girl home alone on a Saturday night.
World War I - Tied and on the way to losing, France is saved by the United States. Thousands of French women find out what it's like to not only sleep with a winner, but one who doesn't call her "Fraulein." Sadly, widespread use of condoms by American forces forestalls any improvement in the French bloodline.
.....I'm still laughing about the "French Revolution"....
It's called: SURRENDER.
Twit.
I ran across a reference to your site. Normally I'd happily bookmark such a site and return occasionally to place an order.
On 9-11-01 we were attacked. We are at war. It will be a long war. "You are either with us or you are with the terrorists". President George W. Bush (9-20-01 - or thereabout).
Jerry Lewis is an idiot. President Bush (Yale & Harvard), running rings around his dimocrat rivals and the world "leaders", is not.
However with the French government's position regarding our (and your) national security regarding Iraq and NATO (see Turkey ) - I will not even consider buying a French product.
We are not isolationists. We own a Toyota Land Cruiser and a Lexus LX 470 - (foreign trucks), we eat brie, snails, drink Veuve Cliquot, Cognac; etc.
No more. If its from france forget it.
Au revoire - sorry I only speak Spanish and English - its an attempt to say "Buh Bye!" in french..
(Th54)
PS: I'll continue to enjoy "french" fries as I understand they are an American invention. Not sure about "french" dressing though - I'll have to check on that one. Oh and one last thing - we're substituting the "Australian Kiss" for the "French Kiss" - its like the french kiss except its done "down under". ;)
All things considered its a definite improvement.
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